Book 7, Passage 7.26

The Master said, 'A sage it is not mine to see; could I see a man of real talent and virtue, that would satisfy me.'

子曰：“圣人，吾不得而见之矣；得见君子者，斯可矣。”子曰：“善人，”…

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3 sentences · 2 notes

子zǐ曰yuē：“圣shèng人rén，吾wú不bù得dé而ér见jiàn之zhī矣yǐ；得dé见jiàn君jūn子zǐ者zhě，斯sī可kě矣yǐ。”子zǐ曰yuē：“善shàn人rén，吾wú不bù得dé而ér见jiàn之zhī矣yǐ：得dé见jiàn有yǒu恒héng者zhě，斯sī可kě矣yǐ。亡wú而ér为wéi有yǒu，虚xū而ér为wéi盈yíng，约yuē而ér为wéi泰tài，难nán乎hū有yǒu恒héng矣yǐ。”

1The Master said, 'A sage it is not mine to see; could I see a man of real talent and virtue, that would satisfy me.'

2The Master said, 'A good man it is not mine to see; could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.

3'Having not and yet affecting to have, empty and yet affecting to be full, straitened and yet affecting to be at ease:-- it is difficult with such characteristics to have constancy.'

Chinese commentary · 2 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

斯：就。

有恒：有恒心。这里指保持好的操守。

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